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Thursday, June 30, 2011

A couple of weeks back, I stopped at Goodwill while running errands. I found this lovely gold mirror for $15.00. I found it to be kind of on the pricey side for Goodwill, but whatever, I loved it. I've been looking for something like this to add to our very modern dining room﻿. An old man in line, obviously a thrift store connoisseur, told me I was spending way too much on the mirror and that "it's not worth that". I just smiled and handed over my money.

I gave it a coat of Rustoleum spray paint for plastic. Did I mention it's a plastic material. Cute, huh?

Well, so this past weekend I head out to the Salvation Army with my mom and guess what I find...another lovely gold plastic mirror. This one is much more detailed and just a bit wider than the first one. I jumped on it and its $6.99 price tag. I guess I did overpay at Goodwill.

I'm trying to decide which one I'm going to keep. The busier and bigger one or the more subtle and smaller one. The busier one seems to be winning. My sister will be getting the other mirror for the gallery wall in her room. I've been on a major painting, fixing, and staining push for her apartment. My house was looking pretty hoarderish with all her stuff crowding it up. I spent the last 3 days painting and painting, my whole body hurts. What do you think?

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I like the second mirror. I don't care for the little line detail thingy ON the mirror on the first mirror. Why can't I find things that that in my GW? I have a mirror wall like that, and cannot find those anywhere. Had to order most of these on Ebay.

I bought the exact same mirror as your 1st one at my Salvation Army here and paid $5.99(see it here: http://handbagsnpigtails.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-6-ikea-look-like-mirror.html)I painted it black and then started seeing them all over the blogworld. They're similar to an empty $25 frame Ikea sells too. Great finds!Sarah*Found you through My Repurposed Life

I love them both. Did you take the mirror off to spray paint the first one? I found a mirror with similar overlap of the frame onto the mirror part and I can't remove the mirror to spray paint it so it is awaiting hand-painting (and its going to be waiting a while!)

Love both of these mirrors. (I agree with Jenn-The old man was probably hoping you would put the mirror back so he could buy it.) The price may have been a little high for Goodwill but your mirror looks brand new and a new mirror would have been much more than that. My attitude is that if you're getting great deals all the time for just a few dollars, then it's okay to pay a little more for something you really love. Great job!

I love both mirrors. I wonder if GW has clued into us bloggers transforming their stuff and raised their prices! I though things were higher last time I went there. But still FAR less than PB or Ballard!

Saw your post on DIY Show-Off. Don't you feel like some employees at Goodwill have caught on to what items we bloggers are drooling over? I keep finding thigs that are WAY over-priced for Goodwill and think they're on to us...

I love how it blends. I would love it if you would link up to my Tuesday Confessional link party going on now: http://www.craftyconfessions.com/2011/07/tuesday-confessional-link-up-2.html. I hope to see you soon!~Macy from Confessions of a SAHM

I love them both! Gorgeous!This might be a dumb question (I've never spray-painted before) - do you have to cover/tape the mirror off, so the paint doesn't get on the mirror part? minnaks at gmail dot com :)http://www.feelinginspiredtoday.blogspot.com/

It is a hard choice, I love both mirrors!Saw you on a linky party, what great work, I love doing up things and upcycling too! I am now google,fb and nb following you, please pop by, Karima xwww.karimascrafts.com

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